 | Simon Greenleaf - 1866 - 756 pages
...source from which this knowledge is derived, rather than as to the degree or extent of it. § 577. There are two modes of acquiring this knowledge of...has seen him write but once, and then only his name. The proof in such case may be very light ; but the jury will be permitted to weigh it.8 The second... | |
 | California. Supreme Court - 1874 - 774 pages
...own faith, feels that he knows the handwriting. There are two mqdes of acquiring this knowledge, each of which is universally admitted to be sufficient to enable a witness to testify on the subject. .The first is from having seen the party write. The second mode is from having seen... | |
 | Utah. Supreme Court, Albert Hagan, John Augustine Marshall, John Maxcy Zane, James A. Williams, Joseph M. Tanner, George L. Nye, John Walcott Thompson, August B. Edler, Alonzo Blair Irvine, Harmel L. Pratt, William S. Dalton, H. Arnold Rich - 1907 - 548 pages
...proved by evidence of a witness who has seen the person write. In 1 Greenleaf on Ev., 677 it is said : "It is held sufficient for this purpose that the witness...has seen him write but once and then only his name. The proof in such case may be very light, but the jury will be permitted to weigh it." In 2 Jones on... | |
 | 1906 - 1166 pages
...proved by evidence of a witness who has seen the person write. In 1 Greenleaf on Ev. 577, it is said: "It is held sufficient for this purpose that the witness...has seen him write but once and then only his name. The proof in such case may be very light, but the jury will be permitted to weigh It." In 2 Joues ou... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - 1887 - 1004 pages
...may declare his belief. One of the modes of acquiring that knowledge is from having seen the person write. It is held sufficient for this purpose that the witness has seen the party write but once and then only his name. Greenl. Ev., §§ 576, 577; State v. Scott, 45 Mo.... | |
 | West Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals, Edgar P. Rucker - 1889 - 974 pages
...signature is genuine or not. The well-established rules of evidence recognize two modes of acquiring the knowledge of the handwriting of another, either of...genuineness. The first is from having seen him write. The second mode is having seen letters, bills, or other documents purporting to be the handwriting... | |
 | 1890 - 986 pages
...writing — (i) if he has seen the party alleged to have made the writing in question, write ; and it is sufficient for this purpose that the witness has seen him write but once, and then only his name. (2) The second mode of acquiring knowledge of the handwriting of another, is by the receipt from such... | |
 | Simon Greenleaf - 1892 - 888 pages
...which this knowledge is derived, rather than as to the degree or extent of it. . § 577. Same subject. There are two modes of acquiring this knowledge of...genuineness. The first is from having seen him write. It is of the obligor was held not regularly to be offered, unless the party was unable to prove the handwriting... | |
 | John Pitt Taylor - 1897 - 914 pages
...own faith, feels that he knows the handwriting. There are two modes of acquiring this knowledge, each of which is universally admitted to be sufficient to enable a witness to testify on the subject. The first is from having seen the party write. The second mode is from having seen... | |
 | M. E. Dunlap (Counsellor at law) - 1905 - 620 pages
...handwriting, he may declare his belief in regard to the genuineness of the writing in question. (Sec. 576.) There are two modes of acquiring this knowledge of...admitted to be sufficient to enable a witness to testify as to its genuineness: first, from having seen him write; second, from having seen letters or other... | |
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The first is from having seen him write. It is held sufficient for this purpose, that the witness has seen him write but once, and then only his name. 
